You Are My Favorite
Do you ever get tempted to play favorites?
Lately I have been thinking about importance….There are different meanings to that word; it can mean priorities and favor. I have been thinking about both.
I suppose when it comes to priorities, I am not great at keeping it all together. For example, I don’t always get a quiet time with prayer first thing in the morning. I try but sometimes my son wakes up early, so I cut my time short. I also don’t have the house looking picture perfect, either. Many times, my home looks like a cross between Toys R Us and a laundromat! It seems no matter how much I do, I am always a load of laundry behind and a tub of toys behind!
This morning, during carpool I found myself thinking about how sometimes we look at people as being important. For example, when you were a kid, you had a favorite teacher. That teacher taught you everything and helped you believe in yourself. You became a better person based on the time that teacher invested in you.
As we go through life we face circumstances and challenges where we are tempted to believe that our security and worth are based on what other people think of us. Meaning, if you don’t have the approval of a certain supervisor or the ear of a certain friend, you are not good enough. Our insecurity becomes an open battleground for the “prince of lies” to come in and make us believe we are worthless. Joyce Meyer calls this “stinking thinking.”
But God doesn’t desire us to feel unfavored. In fact, when we live our lives for Him, we ARE ALL His favorites!
My security, therefore, should be rooted in who the Lord says I am. I am chosen, holy, consecrated, set apart, deeply loved, the Bride of Christ, and fully accepted by God.
I am His favorite. (and so are YOU!)